Receptacle for insect-catching tape.



No. 865,596. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

s. v. KAY. REGEPTAGLE FOR INSECT GATG'HING TAPE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL VERNON KAY, OF STOGKPORT, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO KAY BROTHERS LIMITED, OF STOOKPORT, ENGLAND.

REOEPTACLE FOR INSECT-CATCHING TAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed August 6, 1906. Serial No. 329,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL VERNON KAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Charlestown House, Bramall Lane, Stockport, England, have in vented a new and useful Improved Receptacle for Insect-Catching Tape, of which the following is a specilication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and effective device of the class specified which may be suspended from any suitable support and conveniently operated and from which a part of a tape, string or similar device may be easily withdrawn when desired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference char acters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of a blank from which my improved case or receptacle may be formed; Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modification; Fig. 4 a perspective view of a case or receptacle formed from the blank device shown in Fig. 3; and, Fig. 5 a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the practice of my invention as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prepare a blank sheet a of metal, paper, cardboard or any other suitablematerial but for my purpose I prefer the material which is known as leatherboard, and said sheet is preferably about four inches long by two inches wide. At equal distances from either end I form in one side of the sheet by means of a press, die, or other device two cavities or chambers a which are preferably circular in form and which are also preferably about one and one-half inches in diameter and about three-eighth inch deep and by means of which the opposite sides of the sheet are provided with corresponding raised portions or casing mem bers a.

That part of the original sheet of material which remains around each cavity forms a flange a which, as I will presently describe, constitutes an improved factor in my said invention. When the sheet has been formed, or stamped, or drawn in the manner described it is folded centrally along the dotted line a so that the'cavities or chambers a will register to form a chamber or receptacle as shown at a in Figs. 4 and 5, provided with a flange (1 A case or receptacle made as described may be treated in any manner to prevent absorption of the sticky or adhesive material on the tapeif desired and after the insertion of the folded strip, tape, string or paper b With the sticky or adhesive material thereon, the separate edges of the flange a are stitched, glued or otherwise secured as shown at c in Fig. 4, in such manner as to prevent leakage but not to prevent the string, tape or other device containing the sticky or adhesive material from being drawn therefrom by pulling on one end thereof which projects therefrom as shown at b Instead of forming the blank 11 from one piece as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be formed of separate parts as shown in Fig. 3, in which event the said blank is provided at equal distances from the opposite ends with circular holes a and the chamber or casing members a are formed of separate parts and provided with flanges a, the parts a being passed through the holes a in the blank a so that when the blank is folded the flanges a will be concealed between the separate parts of said blank, and this is the form of construction from which the complete cases or receptacles shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are made.

It will be observed that the case or receptacle consists of two separate similar parts secured together when the sheet a is folded centrally as herein described, and changes in and modifications of this construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention 01 sacrificing its advantages.

In practice I also preferably connect with one corner of the complete device a cord or similar article (2 by which it may be suspended, and in practice the end b of the tape, string or other device I) is passed out through the opposite corner and a part of said tape, string or other device may be pulled from the case or receptacle whenever desired.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A case or receptacle composed of two similar side portions of sheet material provided centrally with recesses which form a chamber when said parts are secured together, said parts being also provided around said recesses with a projecting flange by means of which said parts are secured together.

2. A case or receptacle composed of two similar side portions of sheet material provided centrally with recesses which form a chamber when said parts are secured together, said parts being also provided around said recesses with a projecting flange by means of which said parts are secured together, and a strip of flexible sticky material folded in said chamber and one end of which is passed out between the said flanges at one side of said chamber and by means of which said strip or tape may be withdrawn from said chamber.

SAMUEL VERNON KAY.

Witnesses (moron ALFRED Downs, EDGAR OLDHAM. 

